New process could cause titanium price to tumble
May 20, 2008 |
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Whether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialized applications.
The Photonic Beetle: Nature Builds Diamond-Like Crystals For Future Optical Computers
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Researchers have been unable to build an ideal “photonic crystal” to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature ...
Hubble Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web
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Although the universe contains billions of galaxies, only a small amount of its matter is locked up in these behemoths. Most of the universe's matter that was created during and just after the Big Bang must ...
World first discovery -- genes from extinct Tasmanian tiger function in a mouse
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Researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Texas, USA, have extracted genes from the extinct Tasmanian tiger (thylacine), inserted it into a mouse and observed a biological ...
Incense is psychoactive: Scientists identify the biology behind the ceremony
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Religious leaders have contended for millennia that burning incense is good for the soul. Now, biologists have learned that it is good for our brains too. In a new study appearing online in The FASEB Journal, an international team o ...
Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 20, 2008 |
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A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.
Plant flavonoid found to reduce inflammatory response in the brain
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Researchers at the University of Illinois report this week that a plant compound found in abundance in celery and green peppers can disrupt a key component of the inflammatory response in the brain. The findings ...
New pyramid puts oil, exercise, poultry in their place
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The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its Web site, The Nutrition Source (http://www.thenutritionsource.org/).
Researchers Develop Revolutionary Technology for Nanoscale Assembly at Wafer Level
May 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University, with partners UMass Lowell and University of New Hampshire, have discovered an innovative technology ...
Pharaoh's Unusual Feminine Appearance Suggests Two Gene Defects
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The feminine features and elongated head of ancient Egypt’s King Akhenaten may be attributed to two genetic defects called aromatose excess syndrome and craniosynostosis, said Yale School of Medicine dermatology ...
Sleep deprivation affects ability to make sense of what we see
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Neuroscience researchers at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore have shown for the first time what happens to the visual perceptions of healthy but sleep-deprived volunteers who fight to stay awake, like people ...
Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form
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First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading ...
Scripps Research Institute awarded patent for remarkable chemical technology
May 20, 2008 |
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The patent's diverse potential applications include the development of new drugs, bioactive nanomaterials, anti-bacterial and non-immunogenic coatings for medical implants, coatings for semiconductors, coatings and adhesives ...
African dust forecast may help hurricane season predictions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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As the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, forecasters are developing predictions about the severity of this year's season. For the first time this year, African dust may provide ...
A loving partner can save your skin
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Even couples that have been together for years may be embarrassed to let a spouse or partner see their less than perfect bodies naked in bright light. That shyness can hamper a couple's willingness to do total body skin exams ...
